pope francis. and we know that there were many members of the senate that would have liked to have gone to that investiture but duty called and we're here bringing to close our debate on the continued funding resolution, to make sure we're funded through fiscal 2013 in an orderly, agreed-upon way, and move to our big budget debate. but pope francis is calling us today, as he has in other sermons, to think about the poor, the elderly, the children, and the vulnerable in our society as well as the very planet. so we say to his holiness, we really wish him well, we really wish him well and the ministry that i -- we believe he will provide to the world. but we should also take heed to this message about -- about the children, about the elderly, and about those that are really vulnerable populations. and, again, we think that what we have in here, our step is really an appropriations that will guarantee funding through fiscal 2013. i don't want to link it to his holiness's message. we wish him well. but